Alice Season 4, Episode 20: One Too Many Girls

1

Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?

Telly Savalas gives star-struck Vera a thrill when he stops by the diner while she's working there alone. When no one believes her story, she quits in a huff.

30 min

2

Mona Lisa Alice

Alice's sour reaction to Tommy's matchmaking efforts threatens Mel's new promotional gimmick which is free meals to customers if his waitresses don't smile.

30 min

3

Mel Loves Marie

Mel gives a big engagement ring to his girlfriend Marie, but the sparkle quickly fades when he insists that she sign a premarital agreement.

30 min

4

Vera Robs the Cradle

Just one dance lesson and Tommy falls head over heels for his instructor, Vera.

30 min

5

Flo's Chili Reception

Mel is convinced that his chief competitor is romancing Flo just to get the recipe for Mel's Texas-style chili, rated by a food critic as being ""the best in the West.""

30 min

6

Little Alice Bluenose

Vera's boyfriend objects to her sketching nude males in art class.

30 min

7

Carrie Sharples Strikes Again

The return of Mel's domineering mother does nothing for his ego because after his back goes out, the customers flock in, for his mother's cooking.

30 min

8

Mel's in the Kitchen With Dinah

Things get hotter than Mel's chili when Dinah Shore invites Mel to prepare his recipe on her show and bring along one, but only one waitress.

30 min

9

Cabin Fever

Mel, his girlfriend and the waitresses spend the weekend packed like sardines in a fishing cabin.

30 min

10

My Cousin, Art Carney

Vera asks Art Carney, a sixth cousin on her father's side, to endorse Mel's chili, so it can be marketed frozen as Chili con Carney.

30 min

11

Mel, the Magi

A yule tale (with a touch of O. Henry's ""The Gift of the Magi"") finds the girls pooling their meager resources to celebrate Christmas at the diner.

30 min

12

Good Buddy Flo

Flo takes the wheel herself when she learns that her trucker beau has a female partner.

30 min

13

Alice in TV Land

Tommy stirs up trouble by candidly discussing his elders on a TV talk show.

30 min

14

Alice Beats the Clock

Mel installs a time clock which prompts the waitresses to demand overtime for the Sunday cleanup they used to do for nothing.

30 min

15

Carrie's Wedding

Mel is delighted that his mother is planning to remarry until he meets his prospective stepfather.

30 min

16

My Funny Valentine Tux

Tommy has his heart set on taking his girl to a formal Valentine's dance and he needs a tuxedo.

30 min

17

Auld Acquaintances Should Be Forgot

Mel plays host to a buddy whose wife has just left him.

30 min

18

Flo's Farewell

A wealthy Houston restaurateur offers Flo a job she finds hard to refuse.

30 min

19

For Whom the Belle Toils

Mel hires Belle, a Mississippi belle who rings Mel's chimes as ""one of the best waitresses I've ever had."" However, Belle is now aiming for lusher pastures as a country-music writer.

30 min

20

One Too Many Girls

The new waitress Belle is making big points with her old boss Mel, but she's scoring zero with Alice and Vera.

30 min

21

Vera, the Vamp

Heartbroken over her boy friend's sudden lack of attention, Vera begs Belle to transform her into a sex goddess.

30 min

22

Profit Without Honor

Mel signs a profit-sharing agreement with the girls just before learning he'll get a tidy sum for letting the city condemn his property.

30 min

23

Cook's Tour

Mel is receptive to an infatuated tour guide, as long as she keeps steering tourists into his diner.

30 min

24

Here Comes Alice Cottontail

Alice allows Tommy to stay with Mel, prompting a wager between Alice and Mel, she bets that he will kick Tommy out and Mel bets that Alice will snoop on her son.

30 min